Annual Awards Banquet

Check out the photos from the 42nd Annual Awards Banquet!

Congratulations to Tom Clarke, UFCW Vice-President for receiving the Robert Fontera award

Thank you to Faculty Federation, AFT 1895 for giving the welcome

Director Lisa Jochim of The Workers' Education Program and two students joined the festivities

Thanks to the work of Camilo Viveiros, Chloe Chassaing, and Stephen Lewis for making the banquet go well

Click on any image for the full photo album!

‌Report Back from the 40th Anniversary Banquet‌

Over 220 Labor Education Center supporters joined together to celebrate 40 years of thriving and surviving. It was a special thrill to recognize the organizing leaders from Bob's Tire, now of UFCW 328. We were also inspired by the strength and resilience of the Steelworkers 1357 of ATI in New Bedford who have been locked out by the company. President of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO, Steven Tolman earned the Dubin award this year and we deeply appreciate all the ways that he supports labor education, and his ability to liven up a labor dinner!

Thanks to everyone for all of you support, it was a successful fundraiser, but most important, a time to come together and honor leaders and activists as we continue to learn together, fight together, and raise up new leaders. Please visit our Facebook page to see 26 pictures of the event that were taken by one of our Labor Education Center Interns, Leo Asseph. Another awardee, Representative Tony Cabral, had a video snippet that we were not able to see at the dinner, which outlines the impact of the Workers' Education Program.

Arnold M. Dubin shared his passion for social justice with everyone he encountered. As a leader of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union and as a leader of the Southeastern Massachusetts community he loved, he was an inspiration to union members and the labor movement as a whole. The Dubin MemorialAward bears witness to his spirited leadership, as it honors each year’s recipient.